GSC4413

Writing, media cultures, citizens

(ART)

Offered subject to final approval

Mary Griffiths

12 points + Second semester + 2-hour seminar per week + Gippsland + Prerequisites: First degree in Mass communications or writing + Corequisites: GSC4412 + Prohibition: GSC4411

Synopsis: Applies cultural and communications theoretical frameworks to the production, circulation and distribution of media texts in postcolonial societies. Examines a range of writing practices; cultural difference; construction of audiences; notions of citizenship in diverse locations. Topics include: globalisation, local differences in access to communication technologies, on-line democracy, codes of practice, convergences, national narrratives and intercultural relations.

Assessment: Minor essay (1500 words): 20% + Annotated collection (1500 words): 15% + Writing proposal and literature review (1500 words): 15% + Negotiated writing project (4500 words): 50%